While the team’s bigger names have received most of the accolades for a Toronto turnaround that has seen the 13-17 squad win two games in a row and six of 10, the trio of Sonny Weems, Amir Johnson and DeMar DeRozan — recently christened the “Young Guns” by team security boss Willis Richardson — have made their mark as well.

One man I won’t be running into this season is the Raptors now FORMER Director of Security, Willis Richardson.

Richardson will not be back with Toronto this season and he’ll be truly missed.

For those of you that were fortunate enough to hear some of my interviews with Willis over the years, you’ll know how special and interesting this man is. As a former member of the F.B.I and former officer with the Baltimore Homicide division, Richardson - barely 40 - has a lifetime of stories to share already!

His face and voice (and laugh) will be missed on the road … and at home.